Chapter 64
Professor Marth was a man around forty years old, about 1 . 78 meters (5'10") high, with thick blonde hair . Aside from his goatee, his face was perfectly shaven, revealing a calm and youthful appearance .
Judging from the bags under his eyes and the slouching posture, it was evident that he lacked sleep . It was no wonder that he had asked Professor Vastor to stand in for him .
When he saw the students, he straightened up, smiling at the small crowd .
"Gladly, dear colleague . Sorry to have missed our appointment, kids . Since Professor Manohar returned, things have been hectic, there's a lot he needs to catch up with . "
The class made a small bow, accepting his apologies, eager to learn from one of the two most famous heads of the White Griffon light department .
"First of all, the impossibility to regrow limbs or organs is a common misconception . The human body actually has such capabilities, but they are normally dormant . To temporarily awoke them, is necessary a huge amount of energy .
We are talking about so much mana, that is impossible for a single mage to perform the spell alone . Usually the procedure requires two teams . The first one to perform the spell, setting the regeneration process in motion .
The second one, instead, has to give energy to the patient for him to survive . Otherwise, the strain from growing a full limb in a matter of minutes would drain his body of all the nutrients, killing him on the spot .
Most organs are even trickier, since time is of the utmost importance . A single mage can regenerate small ones like kidneys, but bigger or vital organs usually require too much energy . It's best for a lone mage to keep the vitals stable while calling for help . "
- "Interesting . " Lith thought . "Based on the little I know, maybe the large mana expenditure is due to the fact that what they actually do without knowing it, is collecting and stimulating adult stem cells in the patient's body .
That or in this world they have a healing factor, but I highly doubt it .
If I am right, with true magic I could do all by myself, but it would take days if not weeks . The on/off nature of fake magic, makes things too hard for both the healer and the patient . True magic, instead, allows to divide things by steps, like I did for Tista . " -
Professor Marth continued .
"You are in for a treat, since I was just to about to start growing captain Zarran a new right arm . "
The soldier smiled awkwardly, he wasn't feeling like a market horse anymore, more like a lab rat .
"The first step is to take in consideration the sex and the build of the patient, then choose the best limb template at our disposal . "
"Template?" Lith echoed dumbstruck, drawing on himself reproachful looks from his peers .
"Yes, template . We can't allow the new limb to grow endlessly, the spell needs specific measurements to work properly . "
An assistant brought to Marth a cart full of wooden arms, that the Professor compared to the remaining limb, searching for the most similar one .
"Each of these models corresponds to a different spell . Here at the White Griffon we have the biggest archive of regenerating spells of all the Kingdom . I like to think that in part is thanks to my work . "
After choosing the best fit, Professor Marth called the rest of the team via his communicator amulet, forming two teams of three mages each .
"Technically, two mages per group should be enough . " He explained . "The third one is to be sure that everything goes fine . This is no warzone, there is no need of taking unnecessary risks . "
Both the spells took only a few seconds to cast, the new arm started to grow back at an amazing rate . After about half an hour, the new limb was completely formed . The class exploded into an applause, all the medical staff accepted it with a small bow .
Captain Zarran was crying out of joy, flexing his new fingers . He still couldn't believe it, in his eyes it was a miracle . He was a cripple no more, soon he would be able to resume active duty, instead of being locked behind a desk .
The only discordant note in all that joyous atmosphere was Lith . He was closely looking to both arms, noticing the differences . The real one was much more muscular, with a higher bone density plus the new one was even a little shorter .
He offered Zarran both his index fingers .
"Squeeze them as hard as you can . "
After that test, he shook his head .
"Professor Marth, is it normal for the new arm to be so out of proportions and weak?"
He could see most of his classmates glaring or signalling him to shut up .
- "Morons . " He inwardly sneered . "In any scientific field, researchers are always looking for curious people, that make questions and challenge the standard knowledge . They have no need for trained monkeys that just follow orders .
Without doubts there is no progress, only stagnation . Kids are so naïve . " –
"Yes, it is . It will take a couple years of training and therapy, but after that, it should be as good as the old one . Good catch, is rare seeing someone so young showing such attention to the details, instead of pestering me to teach him some spell . "
The praises made his classmates feel stupid as sheeps . Professor Vastor was giggling .
- "I knew it! Pure gold . Thank the gods for my knack . " –
"Why? Is there something wrong? What would you do differently?" Marth asked .
Lith pondered for a while before replying . He could not believe that such opportunity would have presented itself right off the bat . All those years spent preparing to teach Tista healing magic, were about to get him an unexpected pay-off .
"Professor, I do not mean to be rude, but how much do you know about anatomy?"
Professor Marth tilted his head by the side, surprised by the apparently silly question .
"I know everything I need . The shape and position of the bones, what and where are the various organs, and so on . I'm a healer, not a doctor . I only need to know the necessary for magic to perform at its best . "
Realizing how shallow was their knowledge, Lith understood that the use of magic must had slowed down, if not completely stopped, the scientific progress in the Kingdom . He wasn't disappointed, quite the contrary .
It just made what he had to offer even more precious .
Lith ripped off a blank page from his notebook and then used water magic to write down in detail one of his fake magic personal spells that he had created for Tista years ago .
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